Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-23
IIIE rfOLDEN GDONE
4 Christmas legend Of the Early Du, =
OF New ogl,.


In the year 1905. TWO hundred and soy.
eutv two years ago and eleven Years p,.
fore the MuyhnNcr landed tie Pix inns at
Plymouth Rock, Henry Hudson. nn Eng
lishman, in command of the Dutch snip
half moon, entered the magnificent harhor
Of New York and was the first European
who navigated the beautiful river NOW
known low his name The history of hi,
voyage mp the river to the present site ,t
Albany is too familiar to repeat here. and
1t is sufficient to say that his discovery re
suited in the Dutch claiming the territory.
| which they named New Netherlands and
| the present site of New York they called
! New Amsterdam The growth Of the col
| ouy in New Amsterdam was not rapid SEQ
! that III 1864, when its name was changed
| to New York by the Dutch. there was q
| population Of only 1900 people, and speak
| ing IS different languages and now the
population is ,26l, 600, and all the known
tongues of the world are spoken here The
! prosperity of New York dates from the ar
| rival in lGl, of the brave aud honest Peter
| Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch govern
| ors.
Among the many Dutchmeu who came
! from Holland was one Peter Van ArSdale,
IA fur trupper, with his wife and duugh
| IeI' "H"Ne nuii'e N"S " llil'''l''!', ~ ScuI ,
oi age AM instantly u'AI'o 'e"-v 10 "'
| tne very pret''eS' sIrI III uhe 'o'''e'he"''
an Arslale was al, independent ana e'
| rentfl' man ana thouSh poor was Ner'
| honest and very religious, and all his inter
est seemed ccntered in the happiness of
! Wihelmlna soon after his arrival hr
! purchased tract of land lying beyond the
creek or canal "hl'h Is no" 'aA" street
! and erected IA substantial log hut upon the
exact spot where thr NJ. Ni'n'iaN note.
no" stands ieler van AiN"alt pH' Sue'
ms vocation aN tI"PP'f oil neh'erS Hl"Hs
the creek ana ihe shores uI lhe IlulN'''
assisted 10y Ms hrautllu' W NuheInlha, "hg
was ms constant companion "hli"'"alr"
hy the lhnhh~' "h" we're MS 'hlN nei-h
Dors' Tor ms nut was IH' away from the
iorJ ana the Setiiehrhl Oh We" -Nhl'teI
dam, which IN those days dld mot extend
| beyond bnNhhS breeu.
When feter haI arcunuIateI beaver
pelts enough to pay Tor The trip, he would
! 90 down To the settlement WIN lhem Tor
sale or trnlhc Tor Whatever he stood IN
need. I'm These iilp' ne vas ErherdiiE ar-
rompaned hy Nhhelhina' VINO hnd attract
ed the attention oil Young Ne" AinSter
uA,h herchant' ana WI" was ueate'"I"N
IN love with her, aud upon the declaration
Was fully reciprocated by the lovely slri.
Matters had progressed for some time DE
tween the young lovers, when Peter an
Arsdale was informed OF the affair." and IN
stead OF ravng, as some fathers would have
done lie took very sensible Dutch view OF
the case, and finding the young merchant
worthy Of Milheinnna affection and that
they reall loved each other, me consented
to their betrothal but ne was compelled
10 postpone the marriage for am indefinite
time, for the reason that under the oIl
Dutch laws no maiden could be married un.
less she was possessed OF dover, and Pc.
ter Van ArSdale had no dover TO give In
daughter except an uncertain lot oi beaver
pelts' and they we're not sufficient t" com
ply with the lega. standard of the Dutch
dowers
The obstacle was distressing dlsrour-
agement to to the young lovers, but none